Elsie Murray
Elsie Murray was an American psychologist and college professor. Her research involved color perception, memory, and color blindness. She was also director of the historic sites at French Azilum and Tioga Point Museum in Pennsylvania.
Early life
Elsie Murray was born in Athens, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Millard P. Murray and Louise Shipman Welles Murray. Her mother was the first director of the Tioga Point Museum. She attended Bryn Mawr College in 1896 and 1897, graduated from Cornell University in 1904, and completed doctoral studies there in 1907, with a dissertation titled "Organic Sensation". Murray took further coursework at Columbia University in 1914 and 1915.Career
Research and teaching
Murray taught psychology courses at Vassar College, Wilson College, Sweet Briar College, Wells College, the University of Illinois. She became a research associate at Cornell University in 1927. She was a member of the American Psychological Association and the International Society of Color Council.Murray's research involved color vision, memory, and other mental tasks, including spelling. Her work was published in the Journal of the Optical Society of America, the Journal of Applied Psychology, and the Journal of Educational Psychology. She also contributed to The Dictionary of Psychology, edited by Howard C. Warren.